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Overview of the events of 1631 in literature
Overview of the events of 1631 in literature
This article is a summary of the literary events and publications of 1631 .
Events
January 9 –
Love's Triumph Through Callipolis , a
masque written by
Ben Jonson and designed by
Inigo Jones , is staged at
Whitehall Palace .
January 11 – The
Master of the Revels in England refuses to license
Philip Massinger 's new play,
Believe as You List , because of its seditious content; it is first performed in a revised version on May 7.
February 5 – Puritan minister and theologian
Roger Williams emigrates from England to
Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
February 22 –
Chloridia , the year's second Jonson/Jones masque, is performed.
June 10 – The
King's Men perform
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (c.1607/8) at the
Globe Theatre .
The young
Blaise Pascal moves with his family to Paris.
[1]
Thomas Hobbes is employed as a tutor by the Cavendish family, to teach the future
Earl of Devonshire .
[2]
Publication of the "
Wicked Bible " by
Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the royal printers in
London , an edition of the
King James Version of the
Bible in which a
typesetting
erratum leaves the seventh of the
Ten Commandments (
Exodus 20:14 ) with the word not omitted from the sentence "
Thou shalt not commit adultery ". Copies are withdrawn and about a year later the publishers are called to the
Star Chamber , fined £300 and have their licence to print revoked. New books Prose Drama Poetry Births Deaths
February 7 –
Gabriel Harvey , English poet and author (born c. 1545)
March 31 –
John Donne , English poet and Dean of St Paul's (born
1572 )
May 6 –
Robert Bruce Cotton , English antiquary and founder of Cotton Library (born
1570 )
May 25 –
Samuel Harsnett , English religious writer and archbishop (born
1561 )
May 26 –
Enrico Caterino Davila , Italian historian, murdered (born
1576 )
July 28 –
Guillén de Castro y Bellvis , Spanish dramatist (born
1569 )
[5]
September 22 – Cardinal
Federico Borromeo , Italian archbishop and founder of
Biblioteca Ambrosiana (born
1564 )
October 26
Lewis Bayly , Welsh or Scottish-born religious writer and bishop writing in English (unknown year of birth)
Catherine de Parthenay , Viscountess and Princess of Rohan, French Huguenot noblewoman, mathematician, poet, playwright and translator (born
1554 )
November 29 –
Edmond Richer , French theologian (born
1559 )
December 23 –
Michael Drayton , English poet (born
1563 ) References
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O'Connor, J. J. ;
Robertson, E. F. (August 2006).
"Étienne Pascal" .
University of St Andrews . Retrieved 2010-02-05 .
^ O'Connor, J. J.; Robertson, E. F. (November 2002).
"Thomas Hobbes" . University of St Andrews. Retrieved 2019-05-07 .
^ Thomas Heywood, The Fair Maid of the West Parts I and II , edited by Robert K. Turner Jr.; Regents Renaissance Drama series, Lincoln, NE, University of Nebraska Press, 1967.
^ Barbara K. Lewalski (15 April 2008).
The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography ISBN
978-0-470-77684-1
^ Merimee, Ernest (8 May 2018).
Revival: A History of Spanish Literature (1930) ISBN
978-1-351-34931-4